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The Bougainville campaign: Amphibious landings, jungle combat, and the encirclement of Rabaul during World War II
The Bougainville Campaign, commencing in November 1943, showcased the evolution of Allied amphibious warfare and jungle ...
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The harrowing 1943 South Pacific dogfight: Lieutenant Christopher Bartlett’s P-38 Lightning mission over Rabaul
Experience the intense aerial combat of October 29th, 1943, as Second Lieutenant Christopher Bartlett, flying a P-38 Lightning with the 475th Fighter Group, faces overwhelming Japanese forces over ...
In the bitterest days on Guadalcanal a year ago, Marines used to refer to the frequent runs of Jap destroyers carrying men and supplies down the Solomons as the “Bougainville Express.” Last week the ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck off the town of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quake was located ...
On Sunday General MacArthur said: “If God stays with me I may get some remarkable results.” By Thursday, the results tabulated, he said: “Almighty God blessed our arms.” Between the prayer and the ...
But Rabaul also became one of the first of many targets – Mosul in Iraq has been one of the latest – where airpower could do tremendous damage and limit enemy operations but could not displace ...
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